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Made for Pilots Flying Eyes sunglasses were created by a pilot for pilots. The founder of Flying Eyes, Dean Siracusa, has been flying for the past 14 years, and was unable to find a set of sunglasses that fits comfortably beneath his headset. He found many other pilots have had the same problem, and the idea for Flying Eyes was born. Created ...

Flying is an amazing hobby and a challenging and interesting profession. Unfortunately, flying has many challenges, and this is seen in the data. Many students who start never in fact finish their license. In Canada, the number of student pilot permits hovers just around 10,000 but the number of private licenses issued in a year is just over 2000 (based ...

The “softer” side of flying is the human factors side. As advanced as modern aircraft are, pilots are subject to various factors that can cause them to make excellent decisions and judgement calls but sometimes make decisions that can be potentially dangerous. Luckily, illusions pilots experience are well understood and documented. We know when we may experience an illusion. In ...

My first purchase as a flight student was a headset. This is quite unarguably your most important purchase, and should be your first and done as soon as you start flying (and can afford it). Headsets can be purchased for as little as $100 and go up in price according to quality. The range is about $100 – over $1000. ...

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